Find 3 Changes in Titian's Magdalene | Original vs Copy

Here's Titian's original on the left, and a cheeky illustrated copy on the right. Three details in the copy don't match. Can you catch them in 90 seconds? Go. Okay, see that pale little jar? That isn't random decoration. It's the ointment jar artists use like a name tag for Mary Magdalene. One tiny prop, a whole story. And the book has a story too. Titian and his workshop made at least seven known versions of this scene. In some versions, the Bible rests on a skull, a reminder that life is short. In this giddy painting, the skull is gone. The book sits on a cloth-covered support instead. Same character, a different feeling. Here's my favorite behind-the-scenes twist. X-rays show that Titian changed this very canvas while he was painting it. Even a Renaissance superstar had second thoughts. So if your first draft isn't perfect, you're an excellent company. The writer Giorgio Vasari saw one of Titian's Magdalenes and said her beauty made him feel pity rather than desire. What do you think? Those eyes can stop a conversation, can't they? One last sweep, look low on both sides, then far into the landscape. Have you got all three? Time. The jar has lost its lid. The book has snapped shut. And the tall mountain has traded its pointed peak for a flat top. Did you catch all three? Now the copy slips away, and here's Titian's original. One last twist, x-rays show he changed this canvas while he worked. Our three edits were out in the open, his are hidden under the paint. Even the original had a first draft.